Richard Capell
Richard Capell OBE (23 March 1885, Northampton–21 June 1954, London[1]) was a British music critic, who was music critic of the Daily Mail (1911–1933) and Daily Telegraph (1933 until his death).
Capell was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1] He then studied the cello in London and Lille, before becoming a journalist.[1]
During the Second World War he served as a war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, [1] and was awarded the OBE in 1946.[2]
In 1937 he took on the proprietorship of the journal Music and Letters, and he was its editor from 1950 until his death. [1][3][4]
His books included Schubert's Songs (1928) and Opera (1930, 2nd edition 1948).[5]. Several extracts from his notes for a study of Gustav Holst were published as articles in Music and Letters[6] and The Monthly Musical Record.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e The Times, 22 June 1954, page 10.
- ^ "No. 37624". The London Gazette. 21 June 1946.
- ^ Music and Letters, October 1954, Volume XXV No. 4. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/730697?uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21100735013901.
- ^ The Times, 2 July 1954, page 7.
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACapell%2C+Richard%2C&qt=hot_author.
- ^ Music and Letters, April 1926, October 1926, and April 1927.
- ^ The Monthly Musical Record, 1 February 1927.